Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Burial » The jews anxious to be interred in their family places of
And the time drew nigh that Israel must die; and he called his son Joseph and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh and deal with me in mercy and truth; do not bury me, I pray thee, in Egypt; but I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. And he said, Swear unto me. And he swore unto him. Then Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.
And he charged them and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron, the Hittite,
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And Joseph took an oath of the sons of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from here.
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Let thy slave, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in my own city and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy slave Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king, and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.
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hands » Placed under the thigh of a person to whom an oath was made
And he said, Swear unto me. And he swore unto him. Then Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.
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And Abraham said unto his eldest slave of his house, who ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh,
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And the time drew nigh that Israel must die; and he called his son Joseph and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh and deal with me in mercy and truth; do not bury me, I pray thee, in Egypt;
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jacob » Exacts a promise from joseph to bury him with his forefathers
And the time drew nigh that Israel must die; and he called his son Joseph and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh and deal with me in mercy and truth; do not bury me, I pray thee, in Egypt; but I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. And he said, Swear unto me. And he swore unto him. Then Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.
Oath » Requires joseph to swear that he would bury him with his forefathers
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; so the whole age of Jacob was one hundred forty-seven years. And the time drew nigh that Israel must die; and he called his son Joseph and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh and deal with me in mercy and truth; do not bury me, I pray thee, in Egypt; but I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. read more.
And he said, Swear unto me. And he swore unto him. Then Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.
And he said, Swear unto me. And he swore unto him. Then Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.
Oaths » Often accompanied by placing the hand under the thigh of the person sworn to
And Abraham said unto his eldest slave of his house, who ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh,
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And the time drew nigh that Israel must die; and he called his son Joseph and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh and deal with me in mercy and truth; do not bury me, I pray thee, in Egypt;
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